Where Are PhotoShop Actions stored?

YrbkMgr

Oct 1, 2003

I’m not sure what you’re asking – you cannot edit them as text. So, if you create a set, you save it somewhere on your drive, deliberately.

The actions pallet is a PSP file and the location is listed in this Knowledgebase article.

<http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/6712.htm>

wes

Oct 1, 2003

Your actions will have an extension of .atn. Just do a search for *.atn and they will be listed. Then you can see where they are.

Lawrence_Hudetz

Oct 2, 2003

Hit F1. Click on Search. type Actions in the search box. Read to your heart’s content.

c.morley

Oct 2, 2003

Well, I did some searching and found that they are (on my system) here: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Presets\Photoshop Actions\

They are not text, however, so you can’t edit them like you can Illustrator’s.

YrbkMgr

Oct 2, 2003

So it’s almost exactly like what I said in post #1. Good work.

dave_milbut

Oct 2, 2003

So it’s almost exactly like what I said in post #1. Good work.

Tony, of course we’ve established that no one EVER reads post #1. Maybe if you start double posting they’ll get it on post #2. 🙂

YrbkMgr

Oct 2, 2003

It’s unnerving Dave.

Just goes to show – the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

dave_milbut

Oct 2, 2003

, but the second mouse gets the cheese

actually, i use peanut butter. same thing though! 🙂

Lawrence_Hudetz

Oct 2, 2003

The Cheese stands alone………;-)

I still don’t understand the problem. I edit Actions without a second thought. It’s there to be used.

YrbkMgr

Oct 2, 2003

I edit Actions without a second thought. It’s there to be used.

He wants to edit them in a text editor. In PS you can’t.

Lawrence_Hudetz

Oct 2, 2003

Perhaps a dumb question:

Why?

dave_milbut

Oct 2, 2003

because they’re binay not text.

YrbkMgr

Oct 2, 2003

Lawrence,

Sometimes it’s easier to edit or tweak a simple drive letter in a script, rather than have to record the whole thing again.

Lawrence_Hudetz

Oct 3, 2003

True. One does have to run it again. Wonder if CS changes that. Seems that they could make the action available as text.

YrbkMgr

Oct 3, 2003

Wonder if CS changes that.

Doubt it.

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